UN General Assembly calls on US to lift restrictions on Iranian diplomats
Press TV – The United Nations General Assembly has in a resolution called on the US, the host of its headquarters, to…
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Iran paying price of opposing US unilateralism
Press TV – Iran’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations says the Islamic Republic is today paying the price for standing up…
Pres. Rouhani likely to meet with Japanese PM on sidelines of UNGA meeting: report
MNA – Japanese media say that the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are likely to meet in…
UN General Assembly votes overwhelmingly in favor of resolution affirming Syria’s sovereignty over occupied Golan
SANA – The UN General Assembly on Friday voted in overwhelming majority in favor of a draft resolution affirming Syria’s sovereignty over…
Iranian nuclear deal participants to meet on sidelines of UN General Assembly — source
TASS – Participants of the nuclear deal with Iran (Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Iran) will hold a ministerial…
No difference of opinion on President visit to New York
IRNA – Foreign Ministry public relations said on Sunday that there are no differences of opinion between the ministry and the president’s…
Rouhani-Trump meeting likely at UN General Assembly next month, anonymous sources say
MNA – Some media outlets have cited anonymous sources about the possibility of President Rouhani’s meeting with his US counterpart Donald Trump,…
US, Israel scramble to block UN General Assembly resolution on Quds
Press TV- Prior to an emergency UN General Assembly session on Jerusalem al-Quds, the United States and Israel have resorted to pressure…
Iranian President due in New York next week
Tasnim– Iranian President Hassan Rouhani plans to travel to the US city of New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly…
U.N. General Assembly demands truce in Syria, end to Aleppo siege
Reuters– The United Nations General Assembly voted 122 to 13 on Friday to demand an immediate cessation of hostilities in Syria, humanitarian…
UN committee approves Iran’s resolution on dust pollution
MNA– Iran’s initiative resolution for controlling and combating dust pollution phenomena was approved in the Second Committee of UN General Assembly on…
P5+1 foreign ministers’ meeting on Iran deal expected on September 22
The foreign ministers of the P5+1 group of countries will discuss the Iran agreement on September 22, on the sidelines of the…
Ministerial P5+1 meeting with Iran could take place at UN General Assembly
A P5+1 meeting is responsible for hammering out the July 2015 landmark nuclear deal with Iran could meet on the sidelines of…
Rouhani to attend UN Gen. Assembly session in Sep.
TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will attend the 71st UN General Assembly Session due in New York from…
Iran voices sorrow over picking Israel regime as head of UN legal committee
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian UN envoy expressed sorrow over picking Zionist regime as head of legal committee of the UN General Assembly. Over…
UN adopts Iran-proposed resolution on nuclear disarmament
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United Nations (UN) General Assembly approved a resolution proposed by Iran on global nuclear disarmament. The non-binding resolution…
Riyadh pushing for UN resolution against Iran, Russia
Saudi Arabia has presented a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly’s human rights committee against Iran and Russia over their involvement…
Iran UN Envoy: JCPOA paving way for international cooperation
New York, Oct 14, IRNA — Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo underlined that…
Iran Parliament to react to Zarif handshake with Obama: MP
Tehran, September 29, The Iran Project –The Iranian MP reacts to the news related to the Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif handshake…
Iran’s coverage: Iran expects IAEA to monitor JCPOA implementation fairly: Rouhani
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Rouhani stresses IAEA ‘effective role’ in implementing N. agreement Iranian President Hassan…
President Rouhani to travel to New York: Official
Tehran, Sept 15, IRNA – Vice-President Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said here on Tuesday that President Rouhani would definitely travel to News York…
Amb. Bolton predicts Obama-Rouhani handshake at UN in New York
(CNSNews.com) – Former ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton predicted Sunday that President Obama will meet and shake hands with Iranian…
UN General Assembly to vote on Palestine flag resolution
The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to vote on a draft resolution which would allow the Palestinian flag to be raised at…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 25
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 14 of them. IFP has…
UN asks Israel to pay Lebanon $850mln
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The UN General Assembly passed a resolution asking Israel to pay Lebanon more than $850mln in damages for an…
Iran dismisses UN rights resolution as ‘political’
Iran has criticized as “political” a resolution by the United Nations General Assembly on alleged human rights violations in the country. Iranian…
Conference welcomes Rouhani’s proposal on UN world non-violence day
Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA – Participants in 1st Tehran World Against Violence and Extremism (WAVE) Conference here Wednesday welcomed President Hassan Rouhani’s…
World must help Afghan refugees return home: Iran
Iran has criticized the international community for turning a blind eye to the situation of refugees, calling for global efforts to help…
Iranian president leaves for New York
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani departed for New York on Monday to take part in the annual UN General Assembly session…
Zarif in New York seeking possible deal with Powers
TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Iran’s FM is in New York for the 7th round of Iran and P5+1 nuclear talks and…
President Rouhani plans to attend UN General Assembly meeting this month
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani plans to travel to New York on September 22 to attend the upcoming meeting of the…
Spokeswoman: Iran, EU3 to hold talks this week
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham announced that Iranian negotiators are due to take part in a quadrilateral meeting with…
Early Iran-P5+1 nuclear deal unlikely: Iranian FM
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it is unlikely that Tehran and the P5+1 will reach a final nuclear deal before…
US, UN hail Iraq’s Maliki for stepping down
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States and the United Nations commended Iraq’s outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for stepping down to preserve…
Iran, Sextet may meet in New York in September: Araqchi
A top Iranian nuclear negotiator says representatives of Iran and the Sextet of world powers are likely to meet on the sidelines…
UNGA approves Iran’s resolution on N. disarmament
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Draft Resolution on Nuclear Disarmament was approved in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) by 113 yes votes and seven…
Germany, Brazil seek UN privacy resolution
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Germany and Brazil are working on a UN General Assembly resolution to highlight international anger at US data spying…
UN to elect 5 new security council members
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly elects five new members to the Security Council on Thursday and the winners are…
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, endorses diplomacy over militarism
TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tuesday that his country should embrace diplomacy over militarism, saying it was time…
Iranian president to meet British top diplomat in New York
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani agreed to meet British Foreign Secretary William Hague on the sidelines of the upcoming UN General…